Improvement in razor-strops



Patented July 16, 1878.

A. V. BROKHAHNE. Razor-Shop UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIoE.

ALFRED V. BROKHAHNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAZOR-STROPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,081, dated July 16, 1878; application filed July 1, 1878.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALFRED V. BROKHAHNE, of New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of which the following is a specification:

My invention mainly consists in forming the body or extensible frame of the strop with a lateral cavity or receptacle, which opens by a spring-lid on the side of the strop, to form a convenient case or receptacle for the razor; also, in a projection extending inwardly from the hinged lid, on which the end of the razor rests, and which is adapted to elevate the end of the razor by the act of opening the lid, so as to conveniently present it to the grasp of the fingers.

The drawing annexed presents a longitudinal central section of the razor-strop constructed with my improvements.

The body of the strop is indicated by a b, and is preferably of the expansible kind, being made in two sections, a b, which are separated. by a screw-handle, c, to stretch the stroppingbands k, which encircle the expansible body. The smaller section b acts as a nut, through which the threaded handle passes, the end of the screw bearing upon the large section a, which forms the main body of the strop. This section a has a lateral receptacle or cavity, A, opening on the side thereof, between the stropping-bands k, which is adapted as a convenient case or receptacle for the razor, as indicated. This receptacle has a hinged lid, B, which opens by the action of the spring d, of rubber or metal, arranged at the hinged end of the lid, while the opposite end of the lid is provided with a hook, e, which engages, when the lid is depressed, with a spring catch or bolt, j', in the frame a b, to hold the lid closed, and thus safely retain the razor in place. When it is desired to remove the razor, however, a touch of the thumb-nail on the bolt f releases the lid, which iiies open in obedience to the action ofthe spring, and thus exposes the razor and admits of its removal, as indicated by dotted lines.

In order that the razor may be readily removed from the receptacle when the lid is opened, the hinged end of the lid is provided with the inwardly-projecting lug c, on which the projecting tang of the razor-blade rests, so that in the act of opening the lid the lug c rises with it, and elevates the end of the razor, so as to present it to the convenient grasp ot the fingers, as indicated by dotted lines in the drawing.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A razor-strop having its body or sustaining-frame formed with a lateral receptacle or cavity, A, for the retention of the razor, opening upon the side of the strop, between the stropping-bands, and provided with a spring-opening hinged lid, B, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a razor-strop provided with the lateral receptacle A, a hinged lid, B, provided With an inwardly-projecting lug, C, adapted to support the end of the razor and elevate it by the act of opening the lid, so as to present it to the ready grasp of the fingers, substantially as herein shown and described.

ALFRED V. BROKHAHNE.

WVitnesses W. H. C. SMTTH, CHAs. M. HIGGINS. 

